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Freeheld

  • January 19, 2007
  • 40 min.
  • Documentary
  • United States
Lieutenant Laurel Hester is dying. All she wants to do is leave her pension benefits to her life partner - Stacie, so Stacie can afford to keep their house. Laurel is told no; they are not husband and wife. After spending a lifetime fighting for justice for other people, Laurel - a veteran New Jersey detective - launches a final battle for justice. Knuckle-biting, dramatic Freeheld chronicles a dying policewoman's bitter fight to provide for the love of her life.

Original title: Freeheld

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nomination

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winning rate

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win

Academy Awards #80 - 2008

Award People Status
Best Documentary Short Film Cynthia Wade, Vanessa Roth Winner

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